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The Centaur Tractor

FOREWORD

By R. F. Durig

1364 Eileen Drive, Xenia, Ohio 45385

This history of the Centaur Tractor was put together using information and pictures from many sources, including the author's manuals, advertisement collection and discussions with other Centaur collectors. In the end, it became almost like solving a mystery, since Central Tractor Company and LeRoi Corporation records are long vanished. There are no Greenwich, Ohio, town records for the Central Tractor Co. and the only manufacturing data available are the property deeds in the Huron County Recorder's Office and recollections of retired employees. However, when you put all the clues and pieces together an interesting story emerges.

The tractor was a fairly successful one and played a significant role in the conversion of small farms from horse power to mechanization. The Model "G"...

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